Are you sure you planted hardneck garlic? Softneck does not produce scapes.

I had scapes last year so it has to be soft neck

Softneck garlic can produce scapes sometimes.

If they have a decent bulb on them, that means they have entered the reproductive phase a while ago and probably won't scape. Keep an eye on the leaves and bulb size for harvest time, not the scapes. Sounds like they are ready to me (and probably a softneck variety... common if you bought the cloves at a local store.)